US: Appeal lodged against Ahold settlement

Dutch retailer Royal Ahold and the Public Employees' Retirement Association of Colorado (COPERA) have said that an appeal has been lodged against the US$1.1bn settlement between the company and shareholders in the securities class action addressing the 2003 accounting scandal, when the company overstated its profits by almost EUR1bn (US$1.3bn).

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